Category Archives: the weekend

Largest Number discovered…

Alert, alert new largest number. I find it interesting it’s an integer, although that’s only the beginning! An international mathematics research team announced today that they had discovered a new integer that surpasses any previously known value “by a totally … Continue reading

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Faherty IED of golf

Uplifting. Over the past year I’ve been lucky enough to spend time with wounded soldiers, many of them Special Forces and most of them amputees. We first met at Feherty’s IED of Golf, an event in July during the week … Continue reading

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I.G.Y. (What a beautiful world this will be)

From Steely Dan… Standing tough under stars and stripes We can tell This dream’s in sight You’ve got to admit it At this point in time that it’s clear The future looks bright On that train all graphite and glitter … Continue reading

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Worry about this!

If you worried the world as you know it is ending, here’s the fuel.

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Now that’s the way to do it!

Get laid off, start your own company! Our “loser” who should read rule #5 needs to meet these guys for inspiration instead of looking for handouts from the government.

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On the lighter side…

Captured from the world webcam in the sidebar… Whoops, sorry about capturing the hand cursor!

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Rule #5

Hey, hey, hey, see previous post! Rule No. 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grand-parentshad a different word of burger flipping. They called it opportunity. Theyweren’t embarrassed making minimum wage either. They would have beenembarrassed to sit … Continue reading

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LOSER

Where’s the “L” on this guys forehead?

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Hidden in the stimulus package

To much to spend, you just can’t make this stimulus stuff up. Speaking of spending money unwisely, the stimulus bill adds another $850 million for Amtrak, the railroad that can’t turn a profit. There’s also $1.7 billion for “critical deferred … Continue reading

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“Playing chicken” with automobiles?

Smart, really smart. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt. “One person described him as playing chicken with the cars,” Huntley said. “He was running into cars as they were driving and wandering into the street.” The man was taken to … Continue reading

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Congratulations Pat Summitt: Career victory 1000

Congratuations to Pat Summitt for leading the Lady Vols to 1000 career victories!

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The personification of a spoiled brat

Lindsay Lohan

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Working at Walmart

Boring perhaps but doesn’t sound so bad. My standard equipment included a handheld bar-code scanner which revealed the in-store stock and nearest warehouse stock of every item on the shelves, and its profit margin. At the branch where I worked, … Continue reading

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Contrast

Sequential pictures on the World webcam (see sidebar).

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Bill Owens takes on Ward Churchill

Bill Owens called Ward Churchill “a plagiarist and a fraud” while giving a deposition for an upcoming trial. Only a liberal newspaper such as the Daily Camera would have to tell their reader… “and it wasn’t a complement”.

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Boulder County, Superbowl, Drinking

For thoese enjoying Super Bowl merriment, be careful out there as the Boulder County Sheriff will be waiting for you. Some interesting comments as well.

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Press release makes dial up modems sound sexy

The marketing wizards at LSI can make winning a dial up modem contract seem like winning the Superbowl. LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI – News) today announced that it has been selected by Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ – News) to supply dial-up … Continue reading

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Smoking is bad

Tobacco tax money is a necessary evil! Hilarious, what a noble cause the anti-smoking programs were going to be, and perhaps they have succeeded to some extent as the article reports smoking down 20%. Should states encourage smoking as a … Continue reading

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Ski area, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Captured this picture from the World webcam on the sidebar!

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Public debt to the penny

As of January 22nd it was 10,618,718,703,374.78 Updates available via the Bureau of Public debt.

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